Over on Career Hub, Deb Dib points to a <a href="http://careerhub.typepad.com/main/2006/06/this_from_today.html">recent Execunet newsletter</a> to highlight the importance of networking.
<blockquote>According to the survey of 1,483 professionals with an average salary of $193,000, the top three sources for job interviews include:
Networking contacts (46%);
Internet job listings (24%); and
Unsolicited contact from a recruiter (5%).</blockquote>
Most job seekers spend much more time on applying to Internet job postings and sending resumes to recruiters, than they do on builing and maintaining a network. Don't be one of them!

I'm Louise Fletcher. As President of 
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